Johannes Eckert
@futureasapresent.org
Climate tech/science, some art, music + x
Web: https://futureasapresent.org/
Web: https://futureasapresent.org/
"[Laureen] Meroueh’s process uses iron ore of any format or grade, producing refined liquid steel in a single furnace, cutting both cost and emissions." news.mit.edu/2026/new-way...
February 14, 2026 at 2:30 PM
"[Laureen] Meroueh’s process uses iron ore of any format or grade, producing refined liquid steel in a single furnace, cutting both cost and emissions." news.mit.edu/2026/new-way...
"Hey Julio ... that's the biggest market [carbon management] of human history? And I said 'yes' that's true, I wouldn't have said that, but correct. And he said 'terrific' and he went and launched Carbon Direct"
rss.com/podcasts/car...
rss.com/podcasts/car...
February 13, 2026 at 7:01 PM
"Hey Julio ... that's the biggest market [carbon management] of human history? And I said 'yes' that's true, I wouldn't have said that, but correct. And he said 'terrific' and he went and launched Carbon Direct"
rss.com/podcasts/car...
rss.com/podcasts/car...
MIKE: Tiny Desk Concert
Drums, band arrangements: Svannah Harris
www.savannah-harris.com
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaBg...
Drums, band arrangements: Svannah Harris
www.savannah-harris.com
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaBg...
MIKE: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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February 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM
MIKE: Tiny Desk Concert
Drums, band arrangements: Svannah Harris
www.savannah-harris.com
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaBg...
Drums, band arrangements: Svannah Harris
www.savannah-harris.com
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaBg...
Reposted by Johannes Eckert
NEW – Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been ‘flat or falling’ for 21 months | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social @creacleanair.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/wC1nbXO
Read here: buff.ly/wC1nbXO
February 12, 2026 at 12:01 AM
NEW – Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been ‘flat or falling’ for 21 months | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social @creacleanair.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/wC1nbXO
Read here: buff.ly/wC1nbXO
"As a low-energy process, it is particularly suitable for remote regions. In the importing country, DME can then be split back into hydrogen with maximum yield, for example in a steam reforming process." www.ise.fraunhofer.de/en/press-med...
February 11, 2026 at 12:03 PM
"As a low-energy process, it is particularly suitable for remote regions. In the importing country, DME can then be split back into hydrogen with maximum yield, for example in a steam reforming process." www.ise.fraunhofer.de/en/press-med...
"By making metal recycling scalable, economically competitive, and truly circular, DEScycle transforms domestic waste into domestic metals supply for the energy transition." www.descycle.com/news/descycl...
February 11, 2026 at 11:40 AM
"By making metal recycling scalable, economically competitive, and truly circular, DEScycle transforms domestic waste into domestic metals supply for the energy transition." www.descycle.com/news/descycl...
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The global plastics treaty is stuck — but Annika Jahnke @ufz.de and experts @awi.de & @gfz.bsky.social say it can still be saved. A more inclusive, science-based negotiation process could help nations finally curb plastic pollution and protect people & planet.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The global plastics treaty can be saved — here’s how to break the deadlock
The stalled multinational effort to protect environmental and human health from plastic pollution is salvageable, with a revamped negotiation process.
www.nature.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:29 AM
The global plastics treaty is stuck — but Annika Jahnke @ufz.de and experts @awi.de & @gfz.bsky.social say it can still be saved. A more inclusive, science-based negotiation process could help nations finally curb plastic pollution and protect people & planet.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Mettler ... has spent much of her career working at the intersection of climate, innovation and industrial policy. And it’s precisely that intersection, she argues, that Europe has consistently failed to address in a coordinated way." www.enlit.world/library/why-...
Why Ann Mettler believes now is the time to catalyse Europe
Europe urgently needs to address its deindustrialisation and avoid replacing old dependencies with new ones, says former Vice President of Breakthrough Energy, Ann Mettler.
www.enlit.world
February 11, 2026 at 10:21 AM
"Mettler ... has spent much of her career working at the intersection of climate, innovation and industrial policy. And it’s precisely that intersection, she argues, that Europe has consistently failed to address in a coordinated way." www.enlit.world/library/why-...
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Today in Nature Communications, a team of IGI researchers from The Banfield Lab and Pam Ronald's labs uncover a new way to reduce #methane emissions from rice by influencing the activity of rice paddy soil #microbes. Read more: https://ow.ly/45j150Y3WsI
February 10, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Today in Nature Communications, a team of IGI researchers from The Banfield Lab and Pam Ronald's labs uncover a new way to reduce #methane emissions from rice by influencing the activity of rice paddy soil #microbes. Read more: https://ow.ly/45j150Y3WsI
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Depending on the emissions scenario analysed, PIK's new study in @pnas.org shows 36-50% of land with suitable climatic conditions for grazing today will experience a loss of viability by 2100, affecting more than 100mill pastoralists and up to 1.6bill animals🐄🐐🐑 www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
Climate change could halve areas suitable for cattle, sheep and goat farming by 2100
09.02.2026 - A new study conducted at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) shows that grassland-based grazing systems – currently covering a third of the Earth’s surface and represe...
www.pik-potsdam.de
February 10, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Depending on the emissions scenario analysed, PIK's new study in @pnas.org shows 36-50% of land with suitable climatic conditions for grazing today will experience a loss of viability by 2100, affecting more than 100mill pastoralists and up to 1.6bill animals🐄🐐🐑 www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
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Despite a policy shift away from #renewables from the #Trump administration, energy companies are still turning to the fast and cheap power of solar and wind #energy to provide power. The thing that’s actually changing? Their messaging. spectrum.ieee.org/trump-renewa...
February 9, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Despite a policy shift away from #renewables from the #Trump administration, energy companies are still turning to the fast and cheap power of solar and wind #energy to provide power. The thing that’s actually changing? Their messaging. spectrum.ieee.org/trump-renewa...
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‘CO Bar Complex - five stages…total 1.21 GW solar plus 4GWh energy storage…roughly $2.86-3.01 billion cost…$1.55-1.63 billion after tax benefits…first year of operation to generate US$264-278 million electricity sales…phases 1-2 on civil tasks…3-5 anticipate fully mobilised within 12 months’
Enlight advances US$3 billion, 1.2GW solar 4GWh BESS ‘Complex’ in Arizona
Enlight has reached development milestones for its total 1.21GW solar plus 4GWh energy storage CO Bar Complex in Arizona, US.
www.energy-storage.news
February 9, 2026 at 6:05 PM
‘CO Bar Complex - five stages…total 1.21 GW solar plus 4GWh energy storage…roughly $2.86-3.01 billion cost…$1.55-1.63 billion after tax benefits…first year of operation to generate US$264-278 million electricity sales…phases 1-2 on civil tasks…3-5 anticipate fully mobilised within 12 months’
"Verified emissions data is the difference between staying in the EU market and being priced out." www.ctvc.co/eu-cbams-eu8...
February 9, 2026 at 6:07 PM
"Verified emissions data is the difference between staying in the EU market and being priced out." www.ctvc.co/eu-cbams-eu8...
"The three adopted CRCF certification methodologies apply for permanent carbon removal activities with direct air capture with carbon storage (DACCS), biogenic emissions capture with carbon storage (BioCCS), and biochar carbon removal (BCR)." carbonherald.com/germany-can-...
February 9, 2026 at 1:47 PM
"The three adopted CRCF certification methodologies apply for permanent carbon removal activities with direct air capture with carbon storage (DACCS), biogenic emissions capture with carbon storage (BioCCS), and biochar carbon removal (BCR)." carbonherald.com/germany-can-...
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World's larger BEV container ship begins sea trials. "The vessel measures nearly 128 meters (420 feet) in length. It has a capacity of 740 TEU. It is reported to have a maximum speed of 11.5 knots." H/T to Electrify This 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 a 🧵 maritime-executive.com/article/chin...
China Starts Sea Trials for Largest Electric-Powered Containership
China’s first 10,000-ton electric containership is beginning sea trials. The shipyard is billing the ship as the largest of its kind and a further bre...
maritime-executive.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:35 PM
World's larger BEV container ship begins sea trials. "The vessel measures nearly 128 meters (420 feet) in length. It has a capacity of 740 TEU. It is reported to have a maximum speed of 11.5 knots." H/T to Electrify This 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 a 🧵 maritime-executive.com/article/chin...
"Born in the 1820s, it [corrugated profile] supported early rail infrastructure, covered factories, expanded harbours ... Two centuries later, PaperShell is rewriting that geometry for a new industrial era. Ready to plug-and-play at large scale 2026." papershell.se/architecture...
February 9, 2026 at 11:45 AM
"Born in the 1820s, it [corrugated profile] supported early rail infrastructure, covered factories, expanded harbours ... Two centuries later, PaperShell is rewriting that geometry for a new industrial era. Ready to plug-and-play at large scale 2026." papershell.se/architecture...
"Thus, by switching to our more sustainable fiber, 1 ton of TreeToTextile fiber produced will remove 2 tons of CO2 equivalents from the textile industry, and significantly contributing to a decarbonized textile and nonwoven industry." treetotextile.com/our-technolo...
February 9, 2026 at 9:53 AM
"Thus, by switching to our more sustainable fiber, 1 ton of TreeToTextile fiber produced will remove 2 tons of CO2 equivalents from the textile industry, and significantly contributing to a decarbonized textile and nonwoven industry." treetotextile.com/our-technolo...
"In 1900, only 8,000 cars had been sold in the entire US. Just 13 years later, there were 1.2m cars on the streets of New York City ..., most car companies failed. The lesson, according to Friedrich, is that once the product is right, sales fly." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
February 8, 2026 at 7:49 PM
"In 1900, only 8,000 cars had been sold in the entire US. Just 13 years later, there were 1.2m cars on the streets of New York City ..., most car companies failed. The lesson, according to Friedrich, is that once the product is right, sales fly." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Artist: 🇫🇮 Johanna Juhola
Album: A brighter Future
Title: Elektroniikkakerho - Electronics Club
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYuO...
Album: A brighter Future
Title: Elektroniikkakerho - Electronics Club
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYuO...
Elektroniikkakerho - Electronics Club
YouTube video by Johanna Juhola - Topic
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February 8, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Artist: 🇫🇮 Johanna Juhola
Album: A brighter Future
Title: Elektroniikkakerho - Electronics Club
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYuO...
Album: A brighter Future
Title: Elektroniikkakerho - Electronics Club
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYuO...
"Now, an initial assessment of data shows that methane emissions from oil and gas basins worldwide far exceed what is reported in official emissions inventories and fall short of targets set by major companies."
MethaneSAT has released its first analysis of methane emissions from oil and gas basins globally, in the year before the satellite lost contact. @mckennapr.bsky.social and I dug into the findings for @insideclimatenews.org
insideclimatenews.org/news/0602202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0602202...
MethaneSAT Releases First Global Assessment of Oil and Gas Climate Pollution - Inside Climate News
Nearly a year after the Environmental Defense Fund lost contact with an $88 million satellite, data from the spacecraft reveal higher-than-expected methane emissions from the oil and gas industry.
insideclimatenews.org
February 7, 2026 at 3:31 PM
"Now, an initial assessment of data shows that methane emissions from oil and gas basins worldwide far exceed what is reported in official emissions inventories and fall short of targets set by major companies."
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‘Increasing applied pesticide toxicity trends counteract the global reduction target to safeguard biodiversity’
Very relevant new study by Jakob Wolfram and coauthors in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Very relevant new study by Jakob Wolfram and coauthors in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
February 7, 2026 at 7:08 AM
‘Increasing applied pesticide toxicity trends counteract the global reduction target to safeguard biodiversity’
Very relevant new study by Jakob Wolfram and coauthors in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Very relevant new study by Jakob Wolfram and coauthors in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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BLOG: Utilities are retiring gas peaker plants in favor of battery storage as policy reshapes peak power markets. This blog examines how the IRA’s standalone storage tax credit and state capacity reforms are driving utility investment, and what policy gaps still limit batteries’ role on the grid.
Why Utilities Are Trading Peaker Plants for Batteries
Energy policy research from the University of Pennsylvania
kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu
February 6, 2026 at 4:43 PM
BLOG: Utilities are retiring gas peaker plants in favor of battery storage as policy reshapes peak power markets. This blog examines how the IRA’s standalone storage tax credit and state capacity reforms are driving utility investment, and what policy gaps still limit batteries’ role on the grid.
"The [heat-]battery will produce ten percent of the required steam at the site, saving up to 13,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year." www.covestro.com/press/ground...
February 6, 2026 at 2:24 PM
"The [heat-]battery will produce ten percent of the required steam at the site, saving up to 13,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year." www.covestro.com/press/ground...
February 6, 2026 at 10:10 AM
"Ongoing investment of hundreds of billions of dollars into clean-energy manufacturing represents a gigantic economic and financial bet on a continuing global energy transition." www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-cle...
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 PM
"Ongoing investment of hundreds of billions of dollars into clean-energy manufacturing represents a gigantic economic and financial bet on a continuing global energy transition." www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-cle...